Unselfing

Prayer at its best, is “unselfing,” as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks reminds us.  In the best of prayer, the relentless “I” becomes silent as we realize we are not the center of the universe.  Children pray to get things, but then children are always the center of their universe.  They are children.  Mature prayer is more into transformation.  Meditation drops words, plans, desires, and sits in silence simply to be with the “Other” who is so near as to be within the self.  The prayer agenda is one of bonding relationship such that we can go into our world to be of service to others, to situations, to make the world a better place for Love to flourish.  Ask yourself, “What kind of prayer have I done today?”